Biden to Visit Collapsed Baltimore Bridge

President Joe Biden will visit for the first time the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge outside Baltimore, Maryland, on April 5.

His visit comes more than a week after the collapse occurred, and it follows his administration’s commitment to provide $60 million in emergency funding to cover the costs of initial mobilization, operations, and debris recovery.

“The president has been very, very clear: He wants to make sure that we make the community of Baltimore whole again,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a media briefing on April 4. “And he has said that the federal government will certainly cover the bridge being built.”

Along with rebuilding the bridge, she said the administration’s focus is to ensure the ports are open and assist in the recovery effort to “clean out that area.”

During his visit, the president is expected to receive an operational update on response efforts to reopen the Port of Baltimore as swiftly as possible, according to the White House.

The president will be joined in Baltimore by Gov. Wes Moore, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Mayor Brandon Scott, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

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